The Grand Hôtel de Solesmes has been welcoming guests for nearly two centuries, and the experience of a family-owned hotel that genuinely takes pride in what it does is evident throughout. The 32 bedrooms are comfortable, the bar convivial, and the restaurant — long celebrated for its gourmet cuisine — has earned a loyal following. Wi-Fi and a gym are both available on site.
The hotel stands just yards from the River Sarthe and within easy reach of the celebrated Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes, giving the town a character that goes well beyond a simple golf stopover. The surrounding Sarthe countryside is attractive and unhurried, and Solesmes makes an excellent anchor point for anyone planning a two-centre Loire Valley golf holiday travelling from east to west.
The course at Sablé-Solesmes is on the doorstep, and the fairways at Anjou and Baugé-Pontigné are both within comfortable reach. A round here followed by dinner in the hotel restaurant is the kind of day a well-planned golf package in France should be built around — unhurried, generous, and thoroughly satisfying.
